Mata Shakti Ashram will be filing for non-profit status, and is asking for your help as we determine how best to move forward. If you are interested in finding out how you can support this center of spiritual practice, contact me: hardarshan@matashaktiashram.org

I will continue to include information about special events related to my counseling practice in this newsletter, and www.sacredlistener.com will be the website focused on the psychotherapy services that I offer.

Therapeutic classes for The Highly Sensitive Person will begin on July 12.

Over the next few weeks of classes, the yoga sets and meditations will continue to be drawn from insights from the book "The End of Karma" by Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD. This book takes the 40 parts of Japji, the sacred Sikh morning prayer, and illuminates the basic message of each. This path of inquiry is open to people of all beliefs and faith traditions! Topics for each week: (Thursdays only)

"In the end, what really matters? Only kindness. Only making somebody a little happier for your presence."

Robert Louis Stevenson

Recipe of the Month

Cheezy Spinach Almond Soup

Serves 2 - 3

2 cups packed spinach

1 1/4 cups roughly chopped tomatoes

1/2 cup almonds, soaked for 8 hours

1/4 avocado

1 garlic clove

1 TB nutritional yeast

1/4 cup tightly packed fresh parsley

1/4 cup tighly packed fresh dill

1 tsp. light miso or 1/2 tsp. salt or more to taste

water until desired consistency is reached

Blend all ingredients until smooth!

A quick and easy summer soup!

Service Opportunity

Mata Shakti Ashram welcomes your support! How can you help?

Time and Talent: help with yard and garden maintenance, upkeep of classroom and workshop/training spaces, vegetarian raw food prep, help with social media and technology.Talk to your friends and perosnal community about Mata Shakti Ashram, for we are truly "grass roots"!

Finance/Funds: Donations of money to assist Mata Shakti Ashram pay the overhead cost for the current space, pay guest teachers, and provide some scholarships to those in need. Let us know how much you are willing to pledge monthly or yearly over the next year to 5 years, as we prepare the non-profit status. Every donation will receive a class pass to share with a friend to acquaint them with the ashram.